All OEM news articles – Page 8
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NewsFoton signs deal to export 1,000+ electric buses to Chile
The Chinese commercial vehicle maker has signed its biggest export order for electric buses worth RMB 1.6 billion and will deliver 1,022 vehicles to the Chilean capital, Santiago
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NewsNio to open battery swap manufacturing plant in Hungary
To support its planned expansion of EV exports to Europe, Chinese carmaker Nio is opening a battery swap manufacuring plant in Hungary next month
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NewsHeavy rains hit Toyota production in Japan
Flooding has disrupted production at Toyota plants in Japan’s Aichi prefecture but the carmaker is rerouting semiconductors from those plants to minimise downtime elsewhere
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NewsUK car output falls in H1 but EVs offer promise
The shortage in the supply of key components, including semiconductors, along with other supply chain disruption has hit UK passenger car production in the first half of 2022
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NewsNissan imports first Ariya EVs through port of Tyne
Nissan has made its first volume delivery of Ariya pure-battery EVs to the UK via the port of Tyne. The vehicles were imported from Japan aboard the Nordic Ace car carrier
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NewsOliver Blume to replace Diess as CEO of Volkswagen Group
Oliver Blume, a former head of production and logistics at Porsche, will take over from Herbert Diess as chief executive of VW Group from the beginning of September this year as the carmakers transforms its manufacturing and supply chain for electrification.
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NewsVW increases deliveries of electric vehicles in Europe and China
VW Group delivered more pure battery electric vehicles in the first half of this year and is building on efforts to make the global multimodal delivery of those vehicles cleaner
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NewsBMW assembly disrupted by train line damage
BMW has lost two shifts of production thanks to damage to rail lines connecting its Dingolfing plant in Germany
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NewsChina’s Nio to expand battery swap network, including overseas
Chinese EV maker Nio is boosting its lithium battery swap network over the next three years and will have almost 4,000 stations by the end of 2025, including in overseas markets
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NewsVW Argentina signs Ceva for transmission logistics at Córdoba
Ceva Logistics is now providing contract logistics for transmission production at VW Group Argentina’s facility in Córdoba
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NewsMercedes hampered by Q2 parts shortages
Supply chain disruption cause by Covid lockdowns and semiconductor shortages have hit Mercedes-Benz sales in Q2 but EV production is growing stronger
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NewsVW pulling out of production at Nizhny Novgorod
VW Group has decided to permanently withdraw contract production from the Nizhny Novgorod plant in Russia because of the continued high level of uncertainty and disruption to the supply of components
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NewsNissan opts for Agillence TMS to manage parts logistics
Nissan North America is now using software from Agillence to manage its inbound and aftersales parts logistics, which promises to reduce planning cycle times and help find cost-savings
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NewsVW opens US battery engineering lab to feed EV production
Volkswagen has opened a battery engineering lab in Chattanooga, Tennessee to make batteries for its electric vehicle production in the US
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NewsBattery problems halt assembly of Volkswagen’s ID.Buzz in Hanover
Volkswagen has had to temporarily halt production of the ID.Buzz electric van at its Hanover plant in Germany because of performance problems with the battery being supplied to power it
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NewsBMW introduces cloud-based autonomous logistics at Landshut
Following trials with the Technical University of Munich, BMW is rolling out its Robot in the Cloud project to manage autonomous logistics at the Landshut component plant in Germany
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NewsVinFast to open more than 50 stores across Europe
Vinfast, the Vietnamese EV maker, is to open 50 dealers in France, Germany and the Netherlands
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ArticleBMW streamlines steel press logistics at Swindon
BMW is using AGVs supplied by EK Robotics to move steel blanks and finished panels around its recently completed press shop in Swindon UK
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NewsToyota optimises finished vehicle deliveries with Inform
Toyota Logistics Services has been working with logistics software expert Inform on a network optimisation project for finished vehicle deliveries in North America that has already identified savings
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NewsKevin Austin expands supply chain management role at Toyota
Kevin Austin is expanding his role at Toyota Motor North America this month to become vice-president of demand and supply management, and supply chain transformation